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Hard rock veterans Motley Crue have just announced a massive set of 2013 Canadian tour dates. The longest string of Canadian shows in the band's history will see Motley Crue spending nearly a month up North with a total of 18 shows, taking Big Wreck along for the ride as support.

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So much for that Foo Fighters hiatus announced in October 2012! According to frontman Dave Grohl, work on a new Foo Fighters album is set to begin this week.

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Last week, it was reported that the SEAL Team 6 veteran who claims to have shot and killed Osama Bin Laden also revealed that Metallica requested that their music not be used for military interrogation purposes. Now, Metallica have now come out and stated that they never made such a request.

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Two masters of the guitar are apparently making plans to create a "riffs" album. Black Sabbath's Tony Iommi and Queen's Brian May are expected to begin this riffs record soon, which will allow fans to build their own songs using the recordings.

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For some, the wait for Black Sabbath's new album, '13,' has been an anxious and nail-biting experience, but thanks to Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler, a fascinating new video from inside the band's studio offers a short fix to help ease the suffering. Joined in the studio by Rage Against the Machine drummer Brad Wilk and star producer Rick Rubin, the three original Black Sabbath members discuss '13,' with a notable resurgence of passion from the legendary metallers.

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Hockey is the sports equivalent of extreme metal. Much like the pit at any metal show, the hockey rink is home to copious amounts of blood, brutal fights, broken teeth, shattered bones and all that good stuff. Metal Blade Records obviously shares that sentiment, as the label is teaming up with minor league ice hockey team the Trenton Titans, who are now the official hockey team of metal.

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Lamb of God vocalist Randy Blythe has returned to the United States after the remainder of his Czech manslaughter trial was delayed last week to accommodate sick witness, among other reasons. Although the controversial trial must be harrowing for the metal frontman, Blythe remains positive and levelheaded about the situation, posting beautiful pictures of Prague along with detailed descriptions of the dichotomy Blythe has experienced during his time in the city.

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The history of metal music is not an easy story to tell. With over 45 years of the world's most brutal music genre having already passed, the realms of progression, brutality and experimentation are constantly expanding thanks to both metal legends and new school heroes. Despite the difficulty of the challenge, rock journalists Jon Wiederhorn and Katherine Turman have crafted the upcoming book 'Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal,' which will see a May 14 release date.

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